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Guy Carpenter Report Examines Major Emerging Risks Facing Re/Insurers

A report published by Guy Carpenter & Co., released Sept. 2015, identified four key areas of emerging risk for re/insurers: cyber risk, technology risk, casualty catastrophe and reserving, and life, health and longevity risk. In the report, titled “A Clearer …

How Casualty Actuaries Help Insurers Manage Nanotech, Other Emerging Risks

Casualty actuaries can help insurers meet the demand for new products by identifying, analyzing and pricing new risks, according to two speakers at the srping meeting of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Since the mid-1980s, casualty insurance has shrunk as a …

U.S. Tells Industry to Further Test Safety of Nanotechnolgy Products

U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two …

Scientists Urge More Study of Nanotechnology Risks

Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny particles used in a fast-growing array of consumer products, the National Research Council said on Wednesday. A …

Deloitte Advice for Insurers in 2012: Focus on New Products, Countries

Global economic challenges will make it difficult for insurers to generate growth and profits over the short and long term, however, they might improve their chances for achieving success in 2012 by focusing on new insurance products and on emerging …